Ellen Albertini Dow
Acting1913Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania, USA
Biography
Ellen Rose Albertini Dow (November 16, 1913 – May 4, 2015) was an American film and television character actress and drama coach. She portrayed feisty old ladies and may be best known as the rapping grandmother Rosie in The Wedding Singer (1998), performing "Rappers Delight". Dow's other film roles include elderly lady Mary Cleary who "outs" her grandson in Wedding Crashers, Disco Dottie in 54, the recipient of Christopher Lloyd's character's slapstick in Radioland Murders and a choir nun in Sister Act. She was best known to small screen audiences for her guest appearances on sitcom The Golden Girls.
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Known For
Acting History
2015
Frank the Bastard
as Dora
2013
New Girl
TVas Aunt Ruthie• 1 eps
2012
Family Guy
TVas Aunt Helen (voice) / Elderly Woman (voice)• 1 eps
2011
Shameless
TVas The Real Aunt Ginger• 1 eps
2010
The Invited
as Natalie Shaw
2009
Without a Paddle: Nature's Calling
as Mrs. Bessler
2007
2006
Fat Girls
as Mildred
Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide
TVas Mrs. Knapp• 1 eps
Hannah Montana
TVas Kathrine McCord• 1 eps
2005
Wedding Crashers
as Grandma Mary Cleary
Annie's Point
as Louise Tette
My Name Is Earl
TVas Gertrude Balboa• 1 eps
American Dad!
TVas Helen Washburn (voice)• 1 eps
Las Vegas
TVas Dottie Arkin• 1 eps
Six Feet Under
TVas Roberta• 1 eps
Scrubs
TVas Betty• 1 eps
2002
Eight Crazy Nights
as See's Candies Box (voice)
2001
2000
1999
Payne
TVas Flo
Just Shoot Me!
TVas Mrs. Gallo• 1 eps
1998
Patch Adams
as Aggie
54
as Disco Dottie
Carnival of Souls
as Mrs. Meltzer
The Wedding Singer
as Rosie
Suddenly Susan
TVas Lily• 1 eps
The Nanny
TVas Wendell Kent's Mother (uncredited)• 1 eps
1997
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
TVas Old Lady• 1 eps
Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction
TVas Connie Howard (segment "Mystery Lock")• 1 eps
Dave's World
TVas Craft Granny• 1 eps
1996
Ned & Stacey
TVas Mrs. Porter• 3 eps
Arli$$
TVas Amelia
1995
Problem Child 3
as Lila Duvane
ER
TVas Mrs. Riblet• 1 eps
Cybill
TVas Elderly Woman• 1 eps
Sister, Sister
TVas Betty• 1 eps
Hope and Gloria
TVas Miss Mae
Seinfeld
TVas Momma• 1 eps
1994
Radioland Murders
as Organist
The John Larroquette Show
TVas Old Woman• 1 eps
Hearts Afire
TVas Miss Abbington• 1 eps
Star Trek: The Next Generation
TVas Felisa• 1 eps
On Our Own
TVas Little Old Lady
1993
Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit
as Choir Nun
Quantum Leap
TVas Grandma• 1 eps
1992
Sister Act
as Choir Nun
Space Case
as Betsy
Memoirs of an Invisible Man
as Mrs. Coulson
Wings
TVas Debbie• 1 eps
The Wonder Years
TVas Mrs. Tambora• 1 eps
1991
Blood and Concrete
as Old Lady
The Golden Girls
TVas Sarah• 1 eps
1990
1989
Newhart
TVas Dorothy Benson• 1 eps
Christine Cromwell
TVas Lydia / Nanny
1988
Going to the Chapel
as Grandma Haldane
Moonlighting
TVas Mrs. Baer• 1 eps
1987
Munchies
as Little Old Lady
1986
The Twilight Zone
TVas (segment "The Storyteller") / (segment "Need to Know")• 1 eps
1985
American Drive-In
as Allison